Metallic shingle



(No Model.)

A. BICKBLHGUPT.

METALLIC SHINGLE.

No. 458,152. Patented Aug. 25, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM BIOKELHOUPT, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

METALLIC SHINGLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,152, dated Augustv25, 1891.

Serial No. 378,513. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Annu BIcKELHoUPT, a resident of Mount Vernon,Westchester county, and State of New York, have invented an ImprovedMetallic Shingle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescrip. tion.

My invention relates to a metallic shingle; and it consists inconstructing a metallic shingle with ribs along the edges and also withwater-repelling cross-ridges, as hereinafter more fully described.

The object of this invention is to construct metallic shingles so thatthey may be interchangeable and when secured in position afford aperfect water-proof covering. for a. roof, preventing by their peculiarconstruction,the rain from being driven up under the overlappingshingles, and to also catch and carry ott the water of condensation thatat times collects on the under sides of shingles.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention, in which- Figure 1 isa plan view of three shingles of my construction placed together as theywould appear on a roof. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 22, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the plane of the line 3 3,Fig. l.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

A is the main body of the sheet-metal shingle. Along the entire edge ofthe shingle, except along its upper edge b, is formed a rib a by bendingthe metal of the shingle into an inverted U, V, or similar form.

Upon the face of each shingle are placed cross-ribs c c, that extendupward toward its middle. These ribs c o serve to support the lower edgeof the overlapping upper shingle. They also act as a gutter for water ofcondensation formed on the lower side of the overlapping shingle, andact likewise as a bulwark to prevent rain from being driven up under theedge of the overlapping shingle. They also add strength to the body ofthe shingle. These ribs c are securely fastened to the shingle bysoldering or otherwise, so as to leave the under side fiat. They do notquite meet in the middle of the shingle, nor do they quite meet the ribsa a, but leave openings d d be tween a and c, and an opening or openingsh in the middle to enable the water to flow down through these openings.The ribs a a also serve to stiften the shingle and to prevent rain-waterfrom getting between the shingles. To more rmly insure rigidity andstrength to the shingle, another rib e may be added to the longitudinalcenter of the shingle. This rib e will enter below the overturned edge aof the overlapping upper shingle, as shown in Fig. 1, thereby affordingmore rigid connection between adjoining shingles. Partly for strengthand partly for ornament the rib e may branch out into a diamond or othershaped side ribs f g; but I do not limit myself to this or any specificform.

In operating my invention the shingles are placed on the roof in theusual manner and held to the roof near their upper ends by means ofnails. Each row of overlapping upper shingles partially covers thejunction made by the overlapping adjoining hollow ribs a of the lowershingles, as shown in the middle of Fig. 3, so that the whole root` isperfectly covered with a double thickness of metallic shingles.

Having now described my invention, I claimy 1. As a new article ofmanufacture, a metallic shingle A, having the continuous hollow ribs a aalong its edges except the top edge o, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

2. A metallic shingle A, having its under side perfectly flat exceptalong its overlapping edges, and provided with the separatelyformedupwardly-extending cross-ribs c c, leaving between them the opening 7i,substantially as and for the purpose speciiied.

3. A metallic shingle provided along its lower and side edges with thehollow ribs a a, being otherwise perfectly iiat on its under side,combined with the upwardly-extending crossribs `c c, leaving openings (lcl and h, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. A metallic shingle provided along its lower and side edges with thehollow ribs a d, being otherwise perfectly flat on lits under side,combined with the upwardly-extending cross-ribs c c and longitudinalstiffener-rib e, all arranged to form the openings CZ d and h h,substantially as herein shown and described.

ADAM BIOKELHOUPT. I

Ioo f Witn esses:

HARRY M. TURK, R. C. MITCHELL.

